Saturday, August 18, 2007

Delmark: Upcoming Shows!

I had a message through from Kevin Johnson, Delmark Records to tell me of some upcoming events:

Hey Ol' school Chicago blues fans,We are really excited about these upcoming shows for future Delmark DVD/CD!! Delmark will be turning 55 yrs next year!!**Our next live CD/DVD video recordings – 4 nights in August of Chicago blues with soul........

Byther’s intense voc and biting guitar will be backed by Anthony Palmer on rhythm gtr, Greg McDaniel (Floyd’s son) on bass, and James Carter (Willie Kent’s nephew) on drums; this is Jimmy Burns’ hot backing band.Saturday, Aug 18- LITTLE ARTHUR DUNCAN and the Back Scratchers with special guest vocalist LITTLE AL THOMAS

9pm-1am – at Rosa’s Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, 773-342-0452.

Backscratchers are Illinois Slim (played w/ Eddie Taylor!) and Rick Kreher (played w/ Muddy Waters!, Johnny Burgin) on guitars, EG McDaniel (Floyd’s son) on bass, and Twist Turner (best blues storyteller ) on drums. It will be such a special treat to have singer Little Al (“Stranded in St. Louis) as special guest with the charismatic, down home voc/harp of Little Arthur! Watch out ladies for Mr. BackScratcher!

Specter’s been playing quite often with Jimmy recently. If you’re not familiar with vocalist/harpist Tad Robinson, he’s got serious pipes, one of the best soul / blues singers around, and has great taste in song selection (which is one of my personal problems with Chicago Blues singers....) He has great timing, delivery, and can blow a mean blues harp as well. ( Koester likes to say that Tad is one of the only white blues singers he can stand) - Blue Eyed soul, yeah!

I know you’re familiar with Specter’s oh so tasteful guitar work!! Sharon Lewis was just featured in Whiteis’ book, devoting a whole chapter to the “Texas Fire!” Tribune Critic Howard Reich raved about Sharon recently: “her pulsing alto remains one of the wonders of the world of blues!” Specter just performed a very well received unique show in Millennium Park/Pritzker Pavilion, called “Chicago Blues/Jazz Summit.” This involved Specter with a 12 piece band, including vocalist Sharon Lewis, Jimmy Johnson, Ari Brown, Chris Foreman, Billy Branch, John Brumbach, Steve Berry, Pete Benson... Specter’s oh so tasteful guitar along with a really nice mix of Chicago blues and jazz heavies, which seemingly has become more and more rare these days.

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